I'm finding that the gSlides animation capability is lacking, so I've decided to see if I could make a script workaround that would be based on what I am suggesting here.
As far as I can tell, this gSlides API is used only for generating slides and not for use in the presentation mode. So the workaround part would be to put the animation code into the presenter notes and then have a menu item in gSlides (which I think can be added by using gAppsScript API) that would execute a script to generate additional objects based on the animation code. These objects would have to specifying animation primitives with them, which would initially be Appear and Disappear, with specific With previous, After previous and time intervals use to stop everything from happening all at once.
This will require a big commitment in learning how to interact with gSlides API and gAppsScript API, which are totally new to me. Before I dive into this endeavour, I briefly scanned the gSlides API to see if I can add animations to objects. At first glance, I don't see anything that references how to add them. If this is not possible, I won't even bother learning the rest.
Main question
Can someone tell me if adding animation information to an object is even possible? And if so, what is the API for it?
Supplementary questions
Also, is there anything I specified in my madness that would suggest that this cannot be done? Some object count limit or inability for the two APIs not able to work together perhaps? Suggestions as to where I should focus my attention would also be grateful.
